[Sca-cooks] I visited the International Farmer's Market on the Buford Hwy

[Stefan li Rous]

Cadoc asked:
> Also, I found some stone bowls (granite I think) and I was wondering
> if anyone knew a specific purpose for them?
Were these stone bowls fair thick, about an inch thick between inside 
and outside? Did they have three short legs on them? If so, then I 
might guess they are metates(sp?), the bottom half of a Mexican mortar 
and pestle, meant for grind corn in. These usually seem to be made of a 
rough, volcanic rock. If they were a smooth, polished granite, then 
they still might be mortars, as I've seen a number like the one I have, 
although they are usually only about four or five inches in diameter. 
Mine is white with black patterning, but I've seen these in a wide 
variety of colors.

Stefan
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